Collfryn
VIP Member
Anyone else suffered from this strange affliction?
After 3 years of really great trips across Europe and memorable family outings we sold our 2016 T6 Ocean last June. We had no problem with a private sale and worked out that for the whole period the capital costs of ownership (excluding running costs) were around £2k per year. What a bargain. Then just a few months after the sale we both began to experience some weird symptoms – especially sudden tremors in the right hand when we passed a Cali on the road. We quickly diagnosed the problem as an acute case of VSD – that’s Van Separation Disorder. The symptoms persisted, even our German Pointer Coco was confused and pining for something. It became clear that we needed help so we consulted our van guru, Guy at Preston (what a lovely helpful man). He concurred and prescribed the only means of relief for VSD, a new van. So we placed our order, secure in the knowledge that our tremors and palpitations would be vanquished. What could possibly go wrong??
Exactly on time as prescribed, and two days before what was later to become the dreaded Lockdown, we took a call from Guy to say that our van had arrived in the UK and would be at Preston in a few days. Then the world turned upside down. We watched in horror as our pensions funds took a terrible hammering, and the value of a stop-gap vehicle we were selling to a well known on-line buyer halved overnight. The dealership closed overnight and all our plans (like everyone else) went up in the air. More palpitations. Eventually, our worries subsided, and when the showrooms reopened at the beginning of this month, Guy returned to work and told us our shiny new Fortana Red Ocean was ready for collection. After a socially distanced, rather bizarre but very efficient handover we took possession last week.
We’re glad to report our VSD has been cured and we are looking forward to many new happy travels. So for any of you who have suffered this peculiar condition or are hesitating about whether or not to take the plunge a buy your Cali we say, Just Do It.
After 3 years of really great trips across Europe and memorable family outings we sold our 2016 T6 Ocean last June. We had no problem with a private sale and worked out that for the whole period the capital costs of ownership (excluding running costs) were around £2k per year. What a bargain. Then just a few months after the sale we both began to experience some weird symptoms – especially sudden tremors in the right hand when we passed a Cali on the road. We quickly diagnosed the problem as an acute case of VSD – that’s Van Separation Disorder. The symptoms persisted, even our German Pointer Coco was confused and pining for something. It became clear that we needed help so we consulted our van guru, Guy at Preston (what a lovely helpful man). He concurred and prescribed the only means of relief for VSD, a new van. So we placed our order, secure in the knowledge that our tremors and palpitations would be vanquished. What could possibly go wrong??
Exactly on time as prescribed, and two days before what was later to become the dreaded Lockdown, we took a call from Guy to say that our van had arrived in the UK and would be at Preston in a few days. Then the world turned upside down. We watched in horror as our pensions funds took a terrible hammering, and the value of a stop-gap vehicle we were selling to a well known on-line buyer halved overnight. The dealership closed overnight and all our plans (like everyone else) went up in the air. More palpitations. Eventually, our worries subsided, and when the showrooms reopened at the beginning of this month, Guy returned to work and told us our shiny new Fortana Red Ocean was ready for collection. After a socially distanced, rather bizarre but very efficient handover we took possession last week.
We’re glad to report our VSD has been cured and we are looking forward to many new happy travels. So for any of you who have suffered this peculiar condition or are hesitating about whether or not to take the plunge a buy your Cali we say, Just Do It.
Glad that the red pill worked for you.
